New Facts: R.C. Horsch's Disturbing Writings Revealed

R.C. Horsch’s own books describe killing and disposing of a woman’s body with lye. In a 2014 volume presented as the memoir of an “empathetic” serial killer, he writes of strangling a woman he calls Krista, buying a 100‑pound drum of sodium hydroxide from a plumbing supply shop off Packer Avenue, placing her in a basement tub, using about 40 pounds, and saying the solution boiled and would leave nothing in five to six hours.

At the Olney house, investigators recovered a handwritten piece about Ted Bundy that referenced zip ties and a drum, and mentioned killings and trash needing to go. The author of the note has not been identified. Police have also removed 50 containers of an oily substance for federal lab testing and have been digging up sewer lines and checking hidden compartments for any trace of remains.

Horsch’s public work and interviews echoed the same fixation on violence. His website showcased women posed as dead or bloodied and included a series built around the contemplation of death, alongside claims that some images showed real overdose corpses. He also said he recruited women in addiction with cash or drugs to act out his sexual fantasies.

AI-synthesized from multiple reported sources